Birddog,
Unfortunately this has been a problem for several years now. There are many reasons why there are not any clubs willing to host shoots in the Northern part of the state, and every club has a unique reason why. Some of the reasons that are mentioned to me are: the lack of profit made through hosting an LSBA shoot, the club may already be committed to too many big shoots(any shoots other than regular club shoots) for the year, or there is sometime personal issues that I am not fully aware of. More times than not it is the first two. When you have the ASA and IBO to compete with it is hard. I am not sure what the income structure is for the ASA or IBO, but I have been told that the host club of there shoots makes a mighty large profit as compared to a non-profit entity such as the LSBA.
I would like to see some of the shoots held up north, but until we get some clubs that are willing to do so, we will have to stay south where our support seems to be.
-Brandon
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